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The Afghan Surge Is Over - By Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Foreign Policy
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Chandrasekeran looks back on the troop surge ordered by President Obama on the advice of General Petraeus and General McChrystal in Afghanistan, and the results in Afghanistan as the U.S. withdraws troops in 2012-2013.
A crucial test of leadership of President Obama for the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan- 2009-2010
09/23/2009
Obama has to look at the unofficial reports on the ground to get the facts, and be willing to change completely with the facts, if he is to accept Vice President Biden's view and advisor Reidel's view that counterinsurgency fight is not possible without a credible and legitimate Afghan partner.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan Gives Sharif a Mandate
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
Pakistan's New Top Diplomat Heads to Kabul
Wall Street Journal 07/19/2013
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
Obama Is Considering Strategy Shift in Afghan War
New York Times 09/23/2009
In Poll, Public Wary of Obama on War and Health
New York Times 09/25/2009
New York Times 09/25/2009
Reports from London about the increasing American presence in Afghanistan.
12/04/2009
Max Hastings of the Daily Telegraph talks about the troop "surge" and the lack of any coherent political strategy for Afghanistan in the President's speech announcing the "surge."
Grouped Articles
Our Timeline, and the Taliban’s
New York Times 12/04/2009
The Afghan Surge Is Over - By Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Foreign Policy
Unknown 09/26/2012
For the war ravaged areas like Afghanistan and the Gaza strip, the work of the Red Cross and the untold story of civilians caught in the wars.
12/25/2008
"Alberto" from Turin, Italy is the beloved among Afghan people for his work at the Red Cross Rehabilitation Center. In all the Orthopedic Centers of the Red Cross have fitted prostheses on 90,000 people who lost limbs to landmines placed in a cold war fought by western nations and their proxies, about a third of the injuries. The story of a surgeon in Gaza City who lost his wife and child to cross fire between militants and the Israelis.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Calls for Immediate Truce in Gaza as Death Toll Mounts
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2014
A Foreign Face Beloved by Afghans of All Stripes
New York Times 12/25/2008
Afghan Villagers Describe Chaos of U.S. Strikes
New York Times 05/15/2009
B.E., Before Egypt. A.E., After Egypt.
New York Times 02/01/2011
Washington Post 12/08/2011
The Afghan Surge Is Over - By Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Foreign Policy
Unknown 09/26/2012
The drug aspects of the Afghanistan war raising corruption and insurgent financing issues create an intractable situation.
07/27/2008
Aspects of war, government, foreign involvement, that complicate the situation with opium farming and drugs injected into the picture.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 01/16/2014
Afghanistan’s Unending Addiction
New York Times 10/26/2014
Tasked With Combating Opium, Afghan Officials Profit From It
New York Times 02/15/2016
Penetrating Every Stage of Afghan Opium Chain, Taliban Become a Cartel
New York Times 02/16/2016
New York Times 07/27/2008
U.N. Sees Afghan Drug Cartels Emerging
New York Times 09/02/2009
A new American effort in Afghanistan with Defense Secretary Gates' policy and General McChrystal in the field- 2009-2010
12/25/2008
The head of the Special Forces Operations Command for five years from 2003 to 2008 is now the new commander in Afghanistan. He is known for his hands on approach, intellect, relentless energy, and being always in the field, using networking and coordination to leverage his efforts. He comes from afamily of West Pointers, his father being a General in the second world war. Defense Secretary Gates who made the change putting General Petraeus in charge in Iraq to bring a younger officer with new ideas is now doing the same with replacing McKiernan and bringing in McChrystal. Gates is also bringing fresh thinking to the Defense Department and American defense policy.
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Pentagon Toils to Build a Bomber on a Budget
Wall Street Journal 11/04/2013
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
Weakening, possible firing of McChrystal compounds sense of peril in Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
Former Defense Secretary Gates Is Elected President of the Boy Scouts
New York Times 05/22/2014
Questions for General McChrystal
New York Times 06/01/2009
The Eikenberry cables and the war in Afghanistan.
11/28/2009
The language is strong and rejects McChrystal's appraisal that additional troops can make the difference considering the failure of the Karzai government and the poor prospects for the Afghan army.
Grouped Articles
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
Weakening, possible firing of McChrystal compounds sense of peril in Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
Afghan Crisis Risks Splitting Country
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2014
Afghans Offer Jobs to Taliban Rank and File if They Defect
New York Times 11/28/2009
Afghan Tribe, Vowing to Fight Taliban, to Get U.S. Aid in Return
New York Times 01/28/2010
U.S. Envoy’s Cables Show Worries on Afghan Plans
New York Times 01/26/2010
U.S. General David Petraeus.
02/09/2009
Grouped Articles
A Military Tactician's Political Strategy
Washington Post 02/09/2009
F.B.I. and Justice Dept. Said to Seek Charges for Petraeus
New York Times 01/09/2015
The General: David Petraeus. Interview.
Washington Post 12/21/2009
Petraeus Appointment Could Inflame Relations With Pakistan
New York Times 04/28/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/29/2011
Petraeus Retires, with a Warning
New York Times 08/31/2011
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)- 2010-2015
01/01/2010
The CIA as Petraeus takes charge is more integrated into military operations overseas than ever before. This is because of the changing nature of the conflicts in Asia and the Middle East.
Grouped Articles
F.B.I. and Justice Dept. Said to Seek Charges for Petraeus
New York Times 01/09/2015
Notable & Quotable: John O. Brennan
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2015
Petraeus would helm an increasingly militarized CIA - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/29/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/29/2011
Mr. Insider Will Guide Petraeus at the CIA
Wall Street Journal 08/26/2011
Petraeus Retires, with a Warning
New York Times 08/31/2011
Bruce Reidel, Admiral Mullen and other policymakers on the new U.S. policy in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region for 2012-2013
05/05/2011
Grouped Articles
A New Pakistan Policy: Containment
New York Times 10/14/2011
Pakistan Spy Agencyâs Help Sought for Afghan Talks
New York Times 10/30/2011
Ex-Cricket Star Leads Big Antigovernment Protest in Pakistan
New York Times 10/30/2011
GOP candidates hammer Obama on his Iran policy during South Carolina debate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/13/2011
Book review: ‘The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World’ - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/13/2011
Pakistani ambassador offers resignation - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/17/2011
An assessment of the Obama administration's policies in the Middle East and the India-Pakistan region
01/01/2011
Grouped Articles
âBeyond War,â by David Rohde
New York Times 05/03/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/20/2014
Voters’ Second Thoughts on Hope and Change
New York Times 11/04/2014
New York Times 02/07/2015
Consensus report of 16 US Intelligence Agencies on Afghanistan and Pakistan in December 2010
12/14/2010
The links between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the situation along the border makes the effort in Afghanistan difficult.
Grouped Articles
Intelligence Reports Offer Dim View of Afghan War
New York Times 12/14/2010
Afghan Report Exposes a Split Over Pullout Timelines
New York Times 12/16/2010
Wall Street Journal 12/27/2010
U.S. efforts fail to convince Pakistan's top general to target Taliban
Washington Post 12/31/2010
New York Times 03/05/2011
New Afghan War Leader Helped Nurture Sunni Awakening in Iraq
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2011
Creating a new model for fighting the war against religious extremism in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
05/10/2006
The new model is to make economic development akey part of every effort, and provide security for people to lead normal lives.
Grouped Articles
Extremists Pursue Mainstream in Pakistan Election
New York Times 05/05/2013
From the mountains to the sea: A Chinese vision, a Pakistani corridor - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/24/2015
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2006
In Pakistan, Two Sisters Turn Up Heat on Musharraf
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2007
Pakistan Plunges Deeper Into Chaos
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2007
Economist 11/08/2007
Friedman on the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
01/06/2008
The $110 billion spent in these wars do not advance America's interests or its values. It is better spent at home where there are many pressing needs, especially today when Muslims in the Middle East are engaging in their own struggle for democracy.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 03/05/2011
New York Times 05/14/2011
Economist 05/07/2011
New York Times 11/01/2011
Book review: ‘The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World’ - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/13/2011
New York Times 03/24/2012
Pakistan and a faulty U.S. airstrike on Pakistani border positions in 2011 that led to deterioration in relations
12/22/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 12/22/2011
U.S. Preparing for Pakistan to Restrict Support for Afghan War
New York Times 12/25/2011
The Afghan Surge Is Over - By Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Foreign Policy
Unknown 09/26/2012
Pentagon to Reimburse Pakistan $688 Million
New York Times 12/17/2012
Pakistan's ISI - 2010-2015
04/02/2011
Grouped Articles
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2014
Hamid Gul, 78, Dies; Backed Militants in Leading Pakistan Spy Agency
New York Times 08/16/2015
Spy Chiefâs Tenure Is Extended in Pakistan
New York Times 04/02/2011
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2011
U.S. Accuses Pakistan of Militant Ties
Wall Street Journal 09/23/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/24/2011
Playing the Game-Pakistan army and intelligence services use American money to finance the Taliban and obtain American aid to fight the Taliban.
01/06/2008
Report by Dexter Filkins of the NYT.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Options in Pakistan Limited
Washington Post 05/04/2009
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2014
Pakistani forces kill alleged organizer of school massacre - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/27/2014
How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
New York Times 12/16/2014
New York Times 09/07/2008
New York Times 09/07/2008
The Haqqani network in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region
05/04/2009
The Taliban in the region include the Haqqani network which has ties to the Pakistan Intelligence Agency.
Grouped Articles
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2014
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
New York Times 04/20/2014
U.S. Options in Pakistan Limited
Washington Post 05/04/2009
How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
New York Times 12/16/2014
U.S. sharpens warning to Pakistan - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/21/2011
The Pakistan Taliban and the government, military and intelligence services of Pakistan.
01/05/2009
THe paradox is that the US is helping the Pakistan government fight the Taliban and Pakistan intelligence services openly or clandestinely are helping the Taliban. And Pakistan is hedgin its bets and does not want to see India increase its influence in Afghanistan. It may sound crazy but that is the motivation of Pakistan creating the Taliban as it were.
Grouped Articles
Pakistani Leader Pursues India Ties
Wall Street Journal 05/15/2013
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Official Admits Militancyâs Deep Roots in Pakistan
New York Times 06/02/2010
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2014
After Months of Infighting, a Major Faction Splits From the Pakistani Taliban
New York Times 05/28/2014
The view form Pakistan which discourages a large American footprint there and in Afghanistan.
01/04/2008
The head of the ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency, met with CIA officials and argued against America sending more troops to Afghanistan. Some opposition parties oppose the large American embassy construction in Islamabad and consulate in Peshawar as signs America is increasing its presence. And Army chief Kalyani who sees Taliban moving into Baluchistan opposes drone attacks on Mullah Omar residing there.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan Gives Sharif a Mandate
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Taliban Making Military Gains in Afghanistan
New York Times 07/26/2014
Around an Invisible Leader, Taliban Power Shifts
New York Times 12/28/2014
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Spy Agency Says
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2015
The Taliban in their Own Words.
01/05/2009
A Washington Post-Newsweek account of the Taliban's disintegration after the U.S. invasion post 9/11 and the way they gradually came together to pose the threat they now pose. See the link to NY Times accounts of how the Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence operates behind the scenes to back the Taliban, which may provide the other side of the story how the Taliban gain the sophistication and support they need to reorganize. And the links to the failure of the Karzai regime that has played into Taliban leader Mullah Omar's hands.
Grouped Articles
Around an Invisible Leader, Taliban Power Shifts
New York Times 12/28/2014
How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
New York Times 12/16/2014
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Spy Agency Says
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2015
The Taliban in Their Own Words | Print Article | Newsweek.com
Unknown 12/28/2009
Taliban Shows Interest In Negotiated Settlement
New York Times 08/03/2011
U.S. Preparing for Pakistan to Restrict Support for Afghan War
New York Times 12/25/2011
Commander Adams who commanded the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Khost province of Afghanistan.
10/28/2009
Commander Adams of the 82nd Airborne says he secured Khost province with only 250 troops by befriending the tribals and building roads and a spring water syste to help 12,000 villagers. Then the tribals watched out for insurgents and IED's and reported them. He says there are only one year wars in Afghnistan and the need is for better grasp of things over there, menaning befriending the tribals and letting them do the job; not putting more Americans there which will only fuel the insurgency.
Grouped Articles
Afghanistan Doesn't Need More Troops
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2009
Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
New York Times 07/31/2010
U.S. military dismayed by delays in 3 key development projects in Afghanistan - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/29/2011
Gardez-Khost Highway Sees More Corruption Than Progress
New York Times 05/01/2011
Obama’s Afghanistan plan gets mixed reviews from grunts at Fort Campbell - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/27/2011
The Afghan Surge Is Over - By Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Foreign Policy
Unknown 09/26/2012
Co-opting or buying out of Afghan warlords or insurgents seen as difficult.
10/14/2009
A strategy that worked in Iraq may not work in Afghanistan.
Grouped Articles
Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan Flounder
Washington Post 10/14/2009
‘You Have Atomic Bombs, but We Have Suicide Bombers.’
New York Times 10/20/2009
McChrystalâs Fate in Limbo as He Prepares to Meet Obama
New York Times 06/23/2010
Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
New York Times 07/31/2010
Afghanistan's troubled national army: Fixing the unfixable
Economist 08/21/2010
New Afghan War Leader Helped Nurture Sunni Awakening in Iraq
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2011
The Afghanistan war in mid to late 2010.
06/02/2010
Some successes in counterinsurgency do not make up for the lack of an alternative in governance that wins credibility in Afghanistan, among the people.
Grouped Articles
Strategy vs. Tactics in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 06/02/2010
Official Admits Militancyâs Deep Roots in Pakistan
New York Times 06/02/2010
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
McChrystalâs Fate in Limbo as He Prepares to Meet Obama
New York Times 06/23/2010
The Fury of a General, Released by Nature
New York Times 06/22/2010
Sharp Words Expose Rift Over War Policy
Wall Street Journal 06/21/2010
The Obama law school type analytical processes that yielded the decision for a "surge" in Afghanistan.
01/18/2009
The question is whether the complexities in society, culture, language, politics and history, of a place like Afghnistan and Pakistan can be settled with charts and numbers, and Mr. Obama's law school manner analytical processes. Can this kind of logic based approach address Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Grouped Articles
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
As a Professor, a Pragmatist About the Supreme Court
New York Times 05/03/2009
Our Timeline, and the Taliban’s
New York Times 12/04/2009
How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan
New York Times 12/06/2009
Obama’s Logic Is No Match for Afghanistan
New York Times 12/06/2009
New York Times 12/05/2009
Richard Holbrooke and America's policy in Pakistan and Afghanistan
01/04/2008
Kristof of the New York Times brings out some of Holbrooke's ideas and understanding of the conflicts in South Asia which have never before been disclosed. Holbrooke preferred a diplomatic settlement and reconciliation policy for the region and believed this was the only policy that would work. He saw the emphasis on the military in the Obama administration's approach, first with Gen. McChrystal and then with Gen. Petraeus, as the wrong way to bring peace to the region. Throughout his diplomacy he earned the respect of Pakistanis he worked with, as he worked to find a diplomatic solution similiar to the one he helped build in the .ethnically fragmented Yugoslavia.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
Sharif and Karzai Try to Repair Ties
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2013
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
New York Times 06/11/2010
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
Veteran reporter Dexter Filkins of the NYT talks with McChrystal and looks at the war upfront.
09/07/2008
Dexter Wilkins author of "The Forever War," reports what he has found. One of the things he says is that McChrystal has not thought through the implications for his more boots on the ground policy, when the Karzai government is increasingly seen as an illegitimate and unpopular government. McChrystal's background as a Special Forces commander has not prepared him for grasping its implications. The other is the allergy of the Afghan people to foreign boots, and the vast mountainous terrain, total breakdown or lack of infrastructure, and a people tired of the war. The Pashtuns in Pakistan can be added to this picture. The economic development programs in rural areas are faltering. This may make the Iraqi solution of Petraeus unworkable in Afghanistan, something else may be needed.
Grouped Articles
Weakening, possible firing of McChrystal compounds sense of peril in Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
Questions for General McChrystal
New York Times 06/01/2009
New York Times 10/18/2009
In Kabul, Little Hope That a Runoff Will Be Fair
New York Times 10/14/2009
Biden No Longer a Lone Voice on Afghanistan
New York Times 10/14/2009
New York Times 10/14/2009
The other human face of Afghanistan and Pakistan that Admiral Mullen and young officers are paying attention to.
01/04/2008
The book Three Cups of Tea and the story of a humanitarian running 78 schools in the remote poor mountainous areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan is drawing the attention of younger officers and the commanders. That General Petraeus has read the book and passed it onto his staff. The story of the Red Cross Center for prosthetic legs in Afghanistan, and the reverence its Italian doctor inspires among ordinary Afghans. Defense Secretary Gates also sees this in his interview with Charlie Rose on PBS Dec 17, 2008, where he sees the Islamis extremist challenge in adifferent light, as afailure of strategic communications with the US neglecting AID, State Dept and other ways of communicating to developing countries what the US stands for, and sees a lot of possibilities if this is met creatively. He also does not see the Islamic extremism as achallenge in the way the Cold War was.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 10/18/2014
A Foreign Face Beloved by Afghans of All Stripes
New York Times 12/25/2008
Military Finds an Unlikely Adviser in School-Building Humanitarian
Wall Street Journal 12/26/2008
Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism
Washington Post 01/05/2009
Foreign Affairs 01/05/2009
Pentagon's Gates Keeps Single-Minded Focus on Dual Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Washington Post 05/15/2009
U.S. Defense Secretary Gates
01/05/2009
Grouped Articles
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
Foreign Affairs 01/05/2009
Former Defense Secretary Gates Is Elected President of the Boy Scouts
New York Times 05/22/2014
The U.S. Has No Global Strategy
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2016
The Libya Mission Was 'Never About Regime Change'
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2011
Wall Street Journal 06/01/2011
The Pakistan Army and the U.S.
01/07/2008
The increasingly difficult position of General Kayani as he loses support from the rank and file in the army and junior officers on the issue of cooperation with the U.S. Admiral Mullen's criticism of Pakistan after the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul with the help of Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan Vote to Test Army's Willingness to Cede Power
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
Visiting Pakistan, Hagel Seeks to Shore Up Alliance
New York Times 12/09/2013
Pakistani forces kill alleged organizer of school massacre - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/27/2014
Hamid Gul, 78, Dies; Backed Militants in Leading Pakistan Spy Agency
New York Times 08/16/2015
General Kayani Is Said to Cling to Job in Pakistan
New York Times 06/15/2011
China's relations with Pakistan
05/26/2011
Grouped Articles
Pakistan’s Sharif Heading to Beijing to Sign Energy Infrastructure Pacts
Wall Street Journal 11/07/2014
Xi Jinping Heads to Pakistan, Bearing Billions in Infrastructure Aid
New York Times 04/19/2015
Pakistan In Line For Upgrade to Emerging Market Status
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2015
China to Unveil Billions of Dollars in Pakistan Spending
Wall Street Journal 04/16/2015
Pakistan and China: Two Friends Hit a Bump
New York Times 05/26/2011
China Pullout Deals Blow to Pakistan
Wall Street Journal 09/30/2011
Could peace in the Valley (Kashmir) bring peace to South Asia?
12/06/2006
Is it better, safer and wiser for the US and the Western alliance to have soldiers on the ground in the mountains of Afghanistan or to find peace through diplomacy and negotiations. Diplomacy that knits together the South Asian region by connecting the dots, bring peace to Kashmir, demilitarization of the India-Pakistan border and redirecting the resources, in the trillions of dollars, to trade and investment inside and between South Asia, US and Europe.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Troop Pullout Affects India-Pakistan Rivalry
New York Times 08/16/2013
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
What They Said: The Army in Kashmir
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2010
Before Taking Office in India, Modi Sends an Invitation to Pakistan
New York Times 05/21/2014
Pakistan Leader's Predicament Shows Power of 'Deep State'
Wall Street Journal 09/10/2014
Filkins describes a crumbling feudal order of maliks left by the British which makes Afghanistan an even more dangerous place for an American project.
09/07/2008
Dexter Filkins points to another factor in Afghanistan. Not only is there a double game- see the link to Playing the Game- where the army, the ISI and many ordinary Muslims in Pakistan are sympathetic to fellow Muslims fighting the Americans, but there is a social change in process. This may be even more dangerous, as the British left a feudal order intact in Pakistan with a wealthy landholding class, In the Pathan or Pashtun countryside it was run through tribal elders called Maliks, in the Punjab the wealthy feudal landholding ran things pretty much the same way as the British did for the last 50 years. Dexter Filkins points to the crumbling of this structure in the Pathan (Pashtun) countryside.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/07/2008
Afghanistan Army Tries to Attract Southern Pashtuns
New York Times 09/06/2011
New York Times 10/07/2011
A New Pakistan Policy: Containment
New York Times 10/14/2011
Book review: ‘The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World’ - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/13/2011
The Afghan Surge Is Over - By Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Foreign Policy
Unknown 09/26/2012
India and Pakistan and the tensions in Kashmir and Afghanistan.
12/06/2006
Kashmir tensions are rising. And Indian assistance in Afghanistan reconstruction is opposed by Taliban. This complicates further negotiations between India and Pakistan as Pakistan already is going through political transition and the army runs foreign affairs for Pakistan.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan's New Top Diplomat Heads to Kabul
Wall Street Journal 07/19/2013
U.S. Troop Pullout Affects India-Pakistan Rivalry
New York Times 08/16/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2014
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
New York Times 04/20/2014
Obama and Holbrooke: A Missed Opportunity
01/04/2008
Holbrooke grasped from his long experience in overseas conflicts what the best solution would be for Afghanistan- a negotiated settlement with the Taliban and Pakistan's army. The lack of White House support to the negotiator of the Dayton Peace accords in Bosnia, will remain a puzzling aspect of a landscape in America's costly involvement in two wars. Holbrooke's larger than life personality and style was the same under President Clinton who tapped Holbrooke's skills in America's interest and ignored posssible distractions. The failure of Obama to do the same and accomodate the personality to tap the vast trove of experience and wisdom of Holbrooke in a national crisis of two ongoing wars, is a comment on the nature of the leadership offered by the two presidents. It is a loss for America that goes unnoticed.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
Sharif and Karzai Try to Repair Ties
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2013
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
Back on World Stage, a Larger-Than-Life Holbrooke
New York Times 02/08/2009
Pakistan's view on the debate in Washington about sending more troops and expansion of war in Afghanistan.
10/01/2009
Foreign Minister Qureshi at the Journal's offices in New York says it would mean the Pakistani Taliban would threaten Islamabad, there would be more misery, suicide bombings, and hurt the economy badly. But Qureshi speaks for an increasingly unpopular Zardari administration. The army, opposition parties, and the Intelligence agencies, and increasingly the public sentiment is against an expanded American presence in Afghanistan, or a bigger American footprint in Afghinstan and Pakistan. See Rosenberg in WSJ.
Grouped Articles
How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
New York Times 12/16/2014
Wall Street Journal 10/01/2009
Several Afghan Strategies, None a Clear Choice
New York Times 10/01/2009
Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan Flounder
Washington Post 10/14/2009
Pakistan Attacks Show Tightening of Militant Links
New York Times 10/16/2009
U.S. deeply split on troop increase for Afghan war
Washington Post 10/21/2009
Deployment of drone aircraft at overseas U.S. bases
01/02/2011
Bases in Sychelles and Ethiopia for deployment over Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan Gives Sharif a Mandate
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
As Power of Terror Group Declines, Once-Feared Fighters Defect
New York Times 11/04/2014
In New Era of Terrorism, Voice From Yemen Echoes
New York Times 01/10/2015
Houthi Militants Protest After Saudi Arabia Airstrikes in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
U.S. Boosts Aid in Saudi-Led Fight To Defeat Rebel Force in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
Out of Yemen, U.S. Is Hobbled in Terror Fight
New York Times 03/22/2015
Richard Haas on Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S. national security goals, and action needed to redirect resources.
09/03/2009
Haas calls Afghanistan a strategic distraction and calls for the redirection of resources. The $125 billion spent there each year should go to address national security goals in areas that need it badly-, to reduce the deficit finances which weakens the US, the growing threats from N. Korea and Iran's nuclear development, and modernization needs in defense.
Grouped Articles
In Pakistan, Echoes of American Betrayal
New York Times 07/31/2010
A Foreign Policy Flirting With Chaos
Wall Street Journal 04/30/2014
U.S. Exploring Deal to Limit Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal
New York Times 10/15/2015
Wall Street Journal 12/20/2010
Wall Street Journal 12/27/2010
U.S. efforts fail to convince Pakistan's top general to target Taliban
Washington Post 12/31/2010
The underlying simmering presence of Kashmir in the India, Pakistan, Afghanistan region, and the need for fresh thinking and starting anew.
12/06/2006
Behind the terrorist groups there is the Kashmir issue. And reports sugest no dimunition in capabilities and thin distance between the intelligence agency and these groups in Pakistan. With cooperation between Indian and Pakistan poice and intelligence at zero a year after 26/11 Mumbai, fresh thinking is needed. For 500 million people in North America and 1500 million people in South Asia these events threaten their economic future, infrastructure and development in South Asia, and economic renewal in North America.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Troop Pullout Affects India-Pakistan Rivalry
New York Times 08/16/2013
A Summer of Troubles Saps Indiaâs Sense of Confidence
New York Times 08/18/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
New York Times 06/11/2010
Pakistan Leader's Predicament Shows Power of 'Deep State'
Wall Street Journal 09/10/2014
Afghanistan Presidential Rivals Sign Power-Sharing Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2014
The wisdom of Chuck Hagel as America faces difficult choices in South Asia and other parts of the world.
01/06/2008
Chuck Hagel talks about how the US must partner with other countries, to solve common problems we face with other large countries around the world. He says President Johnson told Senator Russell that the Vietnam war was not winnable but he did not want to be the first President to lose a war. He says its not about winning or losing anymore, which is a 20th century response to the new 21st century. He points to the interconnectedness and shared interests of all nations that makes it not ours to win or lose. The situation in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan and the US involvement costing upwards of one trillion dollars by one estimate, and the severe budget deficts at home in the US.
Grouped Articles
âBeyond War,â by David Rohde
New York Times 05/03/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
Washington Post 11/17/2014
White House seeks a stronger hand at Pentagon to manage crises - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/25/2014
Hagel Resigns Under Pressure as Global Crises Test Pentagon
New York Times 11/24/2014
Chuck Hagel Says About-Face on Syria Hurt Obama’s Credibility
New York Times 12/18/2015
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